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Fall Semester with 3 Education to Be Cut Equally When State Tax Percent Less Than Was Appropriated on a Message Collections Fall Below Expectations Dear Alumni and Friends, impact of proration, the bad news for the In late June, the Alabama Supreme 2002 academic year is that proration is Court stopped Gov. Don Siegelman from still with us. making deeper proration cuts among uni- The University continues operating versities than from K-12 schools. In the under a prorated budget of 6.2 percent decision, the state’s highest court said less than what was appropriated for this state law provides for all segments of year and began the fall semester with 3 education to be cut equally when state tax percent less than was appropriated on A Message collections fall below expectations. The Oct. 1, 2000. Also, there is a possibility ruling was a win for universities, which that state budget cuts may again affect had challenged the unequal cuts leveled higher education in the 2002 fiscal year, from the against universities during this year’s pro- which began in October. ration. The economy has not yet recovered President On Feb. 2, Siegelman ordered state and state tax collections may be unreli- education spending cut, or prorated, by able in this fiscal year. As a result, I have $266 million because the economic encouraged all University employees to downturn had reduced tax collections. He continue to cut back and remain frugal so initially implemented the reduction by we can be better prepared to weather any ordering all facets of education cut 6.2 further cutbacks. percent across the board. Later, based on JSU employees did an outstanding a Montgomery judge’s decision and an job assisting the University through lob- advisory opinion of Attorney General Bill bying efforts and making do with less this Pryor, the governor ordered no cuts in the past spring and summer. money allocated for the salaries of K-12 I also commend our alumni who con- teachers. Siegelman said a 1995 state law tacted their legislators and argued the had shielded those salaries from cuts. The case for treating higher education and K- result was the total allocation for K-12 12 the same during proration. schools was cut 3.7 percent and higher The battle is not over. Please watch education was sliced by 11.1 percent. For headlines for further budget cuts, and be JSU, this was a $3 million cut. prepared to once again remind lawmakers Although higher education won the that higher education is one of Alabama’s recent proration lawsuit that went before most important assets. the Alabama Supreme Court, the outcome Sincerely, only ensures that K-12 and higher educa- tion will be cut by equal amounts in fu- ture prorations. The Supreme Court case did not end proration. So, while the Su- preme Court ruling somewhat lessens the William A. Meehan, President EDITOR: Connie Edge COPY: Al Harris • • • • • • • Jamie Eubanks C O N T E N T S DESIGN: HOMECOMING SCHEDULE ............ 2 Mary Smith ON THE COVER: NEWSNOTES ....................................... 3 Rain, Rain, Go PHOTOGRAPHY: CAMPUS NEWS .................................. 7 Away! This little Steve Latham FEATURES JSU fan didn’t let the Copyright © 2001, Wayne C. Rowe ........................... 11 weather dampen her Jacksonville State University A Family Affair............................ 12 support of the Fighting Back ............................... 13 Gamecocks. She’s ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION: What’s Cooking ........................... 16 showing her true colors at JSU’s 2000 Gem of the Hills is published SPORTS NOTES ........................... 14-15 Homecoming Parade. semiannually by the Division of ALUM NOTES ................................... 18 Institutional Advancement, Jacksonville State University, 700 Pelham Road North, Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602, Visit our web site at www.jsu.edu and distributed free to our alumni. Editor’s e-mail address: [email protected] Volume 8, Number 2 HOMECOMING 2001 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, OCT. 18 *ROTC Alumni Dinner PRE-GAME POSTGAME Homecoming Queen 6 p.m. ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES Pageant Gamecock Center 3:30 pm *Full performance of the 7 p.m. *Class of ’51 Reunion *Gray Echelon Southerners and Leone Cole Auditorium 6 p.m. Performance Ballerinas immediately 11th Floor Houston *JSU Show Choir following game WEDNESDAY, OCT. 31 Cole Library “Encore!” performing the Rocky Horror Picture Show “National Athem” Step Show sponsored by 8 p.m. SATURDAY, NOV. 3 *Kickoff the Office of Multicultural TMB Auditorium *Alumni Association 4 p.m. Services and the Black General Membership JSU vs. Tennessee Tech Greek Organizations THURSDAY, NOV. 1 Meeting 8 p.m. J-Day Activities 10 a.m. HALFTIME Coliseum On the Quad TMB Auditorium ACTIVITIES *Brunch at *Southerners and Alumni Dance FRIDAY, NOV. 2 President’s Home Marching Ballerinas 8:30 p.m. - Midnight *Door Decorating Contest 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon *Outstanding Alumni and Leone Cole Auditorium *Karaoke *Homecoming Parade Faculty Awards $25 per person noon 1 p.m. *Presentation of the 2001 Music provided by pasTime In the Café Pelham Road North Homecoming Queen Heavy Hors d’oerves *Bonfire/Pep Rally *Alumni Cookout and Court Set-ups available 7 p.m. 1:30-3:30 pm Intramural Field Adults $7 • Children $5 GO GAMECOCKS! 2 Earlon and Betty McWhorter Contribute $500,000 to Jacksonville State University A young man who rode his sor the Earlon and Betty bike and delivered the daily McWhorter Outstanding newspaper to then-JSU Presi- Teacher Award, which is pre- dent Houston Cole has re- sented each year to a JSU fac- cently contributed cash and ulty member. This year’s re- property to the University to- cipient is Dr. Mark Meade of taling $500,000. the biology department. Earlon McWhorter and his Reminiscing about his days at wife of 41 years, Betty, have JSU, Earlon said that a few of given the 40-unit Jax Apart- the instructors who had the ments complex on Cole Drive greatest impact on his life in- to JSU along with $100,500. cluded Mary Moss Goggans, The McWhorters’ cash contri- Tom Malone, Mrs. Jane Self, bution was used to establish Theron Montgomery and the Earlon and Betty Newbern Bush. McWhorter Scholarship and He said Miriam Haywood Earlon & Betty McWhorter of Anniston recently contributed an Outstanding Teacher helped him get a scholarship, $500,000 in cash and property to JSU. President Bill Meehan, Award, which also carries and his campus job was taking right, accepts the gift. (Steve Latham Photo) their name. care of the clay tennis courts. “I grew up near JSU and had McWhorter was majoring in in love with Jacksonville and friends since,” she said. Mr. many outstanding teachers pre-engineering at JSU when the University. Kennamer was a partner with here when I was a student, and he transferred to Auburn for Mr. McWhorter in the one- “Among the first people I met I wanted to do something to his engineering degree. and two-bedroom apartments. were Bob and Lou Kennamer honor them,” Earlon said. Betty McWhorter, a native of (Mr. Kennamer is now a JSU JSU received the deed to Jax “This seemed like a natural Terra Haute, IN, said she fell trustee), and we have been Apartments earlier this year. thing to do. The apartments were paid for by students. And we added the cash contribu- tion to complete our $500,000 Dr. Morgan Plans to Practice in Rural Locations commitment to JSU.” Dr. Stephanie Michele Mor- After a year of study related to ceived the Award for Excel- gan of Cedar Bluff was issues in primary care, com- lence in Family Medicine. JSU President Bill Meehan among the first class of Uni- munity medicine and rural expressed appreciation for the Morgan was valedictorian at versity of Alabama Rural health, the class joined previ- gifts and told the McWhorters, Cedar Bluff High School. Medical Scholars to gradu- ous classes at the UA School “The Jax Apartment complex She earned a bachelor’s de- ate from the UA School of of Medicine. In their last two is and will continue to be an gree in biology from Jack- Medicine this spring. years of medical school, the asset to our University’s hous- sonville State University in scholars returned to the UA ing program. Today’s students In 1996, the first class of 1996. In 1995, she won the Colleges of Community prefer the privacy of apart- Rural Medical Scholars en- Gamma Beta Phi award for Health Sciences for clinical ment living over dormitory tered a highly competitive excellence in natural sci- training that emphasized pri- style housing that you and I pre-med and medical pro- ences and was inducted into mary care and rural medical enjoyed as students. Your gift gram at UA’s College of the American Society for practice. will continue to be an out- Community Health Sciences Microbiology. In her final standing residence for students (Tuscaloosa) and the UA At a recent honors Convoca- year at JSU, she and a great addition to the School of Medicine (Bir- tion for medical students in won the under- University’s housing program mingham), devised for stu- Tuscaloosa, Morgan was rec- graduate re- for many years to come.” dents from rural Alabama ognized with other members search sympo- who plan to practice in rural of UA’s first class of Rural sium award The funds will provide schol- locations. Medical Scholars, and she re- in biology. arships for students and spon- FALL 2001 3 “Mentor Alabama” Coaching Legands Before they were coaching leg- ends and teachers, Randy Day and Johnny Truitt were stu- dents at JSU. Randy Day graduated from Ragland High School in 1965. Although he played both foot- ball and basketball, he quickly admits basketball is his favor- ite because that’s what he has done all his life. “As a senior, I did have the opportunity to work with some of the lower grades in P.E.,” Day said.
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